Chapter 32: Capabilities
Was this a joke?
Of course not.
But I would have liked that it was even though I didn´t have a shred of grace.
-I´m not a cultist, if I was, I wouldn´t have released the hostages.
Before my declaration, the group of ninjas didn´t react at all, in fact, they withdraw all kinds of Japanese weapons while they tried to surround me.
I could notice how a lot of them had colorful weapons discharging magic elements from their edges.
There are around twenty or thirty ninjas here, not to mention the ones that might be outside...
A female figure with an emerald dagger in hand and a long sword hanging on her back took a step forward.
-... Who are you?
Her voice lacked any empathy, from time to time she talked to me like that, but this level of coldness was not something I could laugh about.
...Ouch...
My heart trembled a little.
-...Kitzin...
Molly looked around.
The walls and floors were destroyed, statues of ice and burning marks could be found scattered in every way along the hundreds of liters of dry blood on the corpses that met their end.
-... What a carnage.
Disgust, horror, fury.
Her voice carried all of that with few words.
-All of them were playing with the life, is logical that someday someone played with theirs.
And it was true.
Both the prisoners and I saw how they joyed before the screams of pain. How they got aroused from abusing the innocent. How they killed for their rituals or by a simple impulse.
Maybe this sight was horrible through exterior eyes.
But I don´t regret anything.
And I´m sure that the prisoners won´t cry the death of their captors.
It might be that it wasn´t the right thing to do. But it was what it had to be done.
And even if it wasn´t.
I could regardless keep moving forward.
I walked near a corpse, I lifted it by his neck and activated Putrefaction.
His face of gray skin melted, his eyes, tongue, and brain became a liquid mass that fell to the floor with a wet sound.
I couldn´t see their faces due to the peace of cloth hiding them, but the movements of their chests remarked how fast their breathing was becoming.
I had managed to make them a little nervous.
Then I activated Intimidation at its full power and threw the rests of the corpse to their feet.
-If you don´t want to end up like him, get out of my fucking way.
Agitated breathing, pieces of metal shaking with the trembling bodies of its bearers, feet that bit by bit were moving backward.
I had destroyed the will to fight of the ninjas.
Don´t make this more difficult and step aside.
My thoughts were specially aimed at the only person who stayed like if nothing happened.
Molly pulled out a small scroll from her hips and threw it into the air.
-Feet of Benkei.
The scroll disintegrated and turned into shiny petals that danced over the heads of the ninjas.
-Ice and fire magic of long range, mental attacks, corrosion magic that works with contact, great physical aptitudes, that alone makes you quite strong.
A detailed study of my capabilities was spat to my face like if it was nothing.
My opponents regain their composure.
Tap* Tap*
No.
Now they were more than ready to fight.
Their heavy and confident steps hunting me wanted to drown me in intimidation.
-Underestimate us will be your worst mistake.
RAAAA! *
Along with war screams willing to serve justice, the fight began.
Shit... That was cool...
However, my stupid smile and absent mind were dealing with the feelings out of place emanating from my heart.
-ORRRAA!
The metallic claws of a ninja were coming for me.
-Tch.
Remembering that I was in a bad situation, I used the hardened knuckles of my gloves to parry the attack punching the claws to the side.
-Hrgh?!
Thump*
-Critical hit.
-Crossed slash.
After kicking the chin of the ninja, another two with kunais and daggers in their hands tried to attack me from my blind spot.
Making a show out of my new muscular memory, I dodged making a reverse flip.
Being in the air I pushed the heads of my enemies against them.
Bonk*
Both fell to the ground after the sound of metal crashing.
-Those moves! Is he beastman?!
-It doesn´t matter what he is, we´ll finish him!
-Catch.
I threw the unconscious bodies of the ninjas to their group.
They caught them without problem, I felt how the bloodthirst of a certain person reduced a bit.
Maybe I can get out peacefully.
Three female figures holding a weapon that seemed like a frisbee in each hand positioned around me in a triangle shape.
"Combined skill; Red bumblebee". The three figures threw at me their weapons at the same time as they randomly moved around.
Or not.
The weird metallic plates were embraced in fire as they flew through the air.
-Ice wall; Three walls.
I tried to protect myself from their projectiles, but when the weapons touched the ice, they slice it like butter.
And me thinking my ice was strong...
I had obtained some confidence, but the battle against the demon and these women were annihilating it.
Using the knuckles and the tip of my boots, I kept punching and parrying each fire weel that approached, although every time I did it the figures caught and threw the weapon again, increasing its speed and frequency bit by bit.
At some point, I tried to grab the weapons, but the fire made the task a bit too painful.
-Bow skill; Heavy shot.
Among the rain of flaming attacks, an arrow was aimed at mi leg followed by a powerful whistle.
Cling! *
-Hrgh!
The armor resisted it, but I felt the shot, it almost moves my bone.
Are they trying to tear apart my leg or what?!
-What are those clothes made of?!
-Keep shooting, maybe you didn´t break it, but he did feel it!
-Understood!
I couldn´t risk getting one of those shots to the face, it could break the mask, and I was starting to feel tired.
Let´s see what can I do with this new strength.
Had accustomed to the pattern and speed of the discs, I raised my feet and with an ax kick stopped the weapons clashing them one by one against the ground.
-Impossible!
Eventually, I stopped them all.
-Fire!
A rain of arrows was about to fall over me.
With my feet I raised the flaming discs and kicked them to the arrows, making a small breach where I could move.
I ran to the trio of ninjas.
While doing so I took some knives and threw them at the same time I engaged myself in a hand-to-hand fight with the first one.
-Watch out!
Tonk* Tonk*
The knives didn´t reach the flesh, but that was good since my objective was to split them, not to kill them.
The ninja threw a right jab followed by a lateral kick, I dodged the fist and when I passed below her leg I jammed my foot with hers, then pulled.
-Shit!
The ninja stopped feeling her feet on the ground, I was about to punch her chest to take away her oxygen, but the arrows approaching would not allow me.
Instead of punching her, I held her wrists and placed myself behind her.
-Stop the fire!
"Combined skill; Beetle shell".
Tink! * Tank! *
Her partners, trying to prevent that the arrows pierce my new human shield, interveined blocking and slashing arrows with kunais, the shiness of their edge left a circular pattern with each movement.
-Look, they care about you, how cute~.
I messed a little with the ninja.
-Damn you!
Of course, she would get pissed.
Her growing battle for freedom and the constant tantrums directed to my crotch made me tighten my grip.
-Hrgh...
-Bad girls deserve to be punished~.
I lifted my hand and place it on her neck.
-Let her go!
No more arrows.
A ninja was about to bury her weapon on my face, but I put her partner's to obstruct her.
She stopped.
-Bye~.
Taking advantage of her moment of hesitation I buried my foot on her stomach.
-Geha?!
She was sent to fly right into her friend.
-I got you!
As expected of a beastman, she managed to catch her flying comrade by being pushed away just a little.
-Cough* Cough*
-Calm down, breathe slow.
The ninja restrained fought again, her anger almost getting out of her ears.
-Sleep for a while.
I let go of her hands and immediately placed my arms around her neck, making a wrestling choke.
-Hagh* Kgh* Ahg*
-Shhh~.
After some second of asphyxiating her, her body went limp, then I lifted and threw her body to her partners.
-She´s still alive, just unconscious for the lack of air.
GRRRR*
Many roars answered me.
There were still many ninjas, and I was running out of breath, soon I would be too tired to flee, so it was the moment to finish this anyhow.
-Stop.
The voice of Molly froze the ninjas.
Then she walked to me with slow steps while saving her dagger and taking her sword.
-What do you have against the cultists?
-Not much, just accomplishing wishes and paying favors.
-How did you get here? How is possible that someone from outside had found them before us?
-I see dead people, they told me about this place.
-... Ah, I see.
-...
As cold as always.
-There´s a certain person I must watch.
A pink edge, the mangle that by any circumstances would be covered by her two hands was made of jade, and the guard had the shape of a pink flower, the length was as long as the person wielding it.
A dangerous shiver ran down my spine.
I just needed a glance to know I couldn´t win.
-So I´ll end this once and for all.
-... Well, now we´re two.
Wow... It´s been a while since I felt so... Tiny.
It was way too absurd, the air became heavy in just an instant, my body was trembling for the undeniable possibility of certain death.
Guess it´s time to try that...
-Here I go...
Molly took a low stance with her nodachi over her shoulder, with that I knew that she would only need a movement to cut me in half.
I also knew that in their eyes the fight against me would be as simple as a fast slash.
I felt frustrated.
-Me too...
I opened my arms and prepared for any secondary effects.
-Cocytos.
FFFFFZZZZZZZZHHHHHHH*
A violent blizzard came from the borders of my body freezing everything.
-Everyone! Behind me!
Molly threw a scroll again.
-Amaterasu.
The scroll disintegrated and the image of a beautiful woman with long black hair wearing a fancy withe and red kimono with a golden crown covered the ninjas in a ring of golden fire.
Meanwhile, I was drained of almost all my mana.
Thump*
-Haah* Haah*
With my knee on the ground and my head spinning, I desperately looked for a test vessel with blue liquid inside my belt´s pockets as I appreciated the effects of my skill.
The room that was about six hundred square meters was completely covered by the ice.
But there was something strange.
The image of the woman disappeared along with her fire.
-Report!
-N-No casualties, five out of combat, the others are good.
-Boss... The ice... Are those faces?
One of the ninjas pointed at the ground.
Following his finger, the others noticed a bizarre reality.
-... By the goddess...
All surfaces covered by the ice formed patterns similar to crying faces.
They were so well-sculpted that it would make you wonder if the faces were ripped and then glued back to the ice.
Krrrrk* Ckreack*
-What is that?!
Ckreack*
-Over there too!
Crusch*
-There!
The fingers and voices lose their direction among the cracking ice.
HHHHHHHIIIIIIIIHHHHHH*
A roar, or maybe it would be better to call it a sigh. In any case, it was a sound that you wouldn´t like to hear from behind.
Molly looked in direction of the hollow sound, and all that came out of her mouth with an irritated voice was:
-Undead...
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